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Denny Shirer

Elizabeth McDaniels/McDonald, b. 1823 MD, moved to
12 miles west of Zanesville, Muskingum Co. at the age of one year.
Married Johnathan Hommon in July 1840 in Muskingum Co.
3 of their children were probably born there.
Moved to Franklin County abt 1845.
Death cert. says father John McDonald, mother Nancy Elizabeth.

A.G. (Edgar) Roberts and Viola Roberts came to Zanesville in 1919 or
early 1920 from Alabama. Their daughter Anna married John Graves in
1921. The Graves/Nelson family is also from Alabama. John's parents
were Henry and Zenia Graves. Henry died prior 1912 and Zenia remarried
to Jacob Nelson and moved to Zanesville prior to 1920

Sidney COLEMAN (born 15 April 1801; died 1849 in Iowa)
and Nancy EASTON or EASTONHOUSE (22 November 1805 in Virginia; died
30 September 1884 in Iowa). They were married on 27 February 1823 in
Licking Township, Muskingum County.

James A. W. HARNEY, born about 1851 in Muskingum County. Father and
mother reported to be William S. and Ellen HARNEY. Relocated to
Chicago, Illinois after serving in the 13th Infantry Regiment, U. S.
Army in 1875-1880.

John Junkins, John McCune, & William Mulvain, appear in the 1806
Muskingum County Duplicate Tax list for "District 4" which included
Range 4, Township 5. When county boundaries were redrawn in 1808,
their lands went into the new county of Tuscarawas, and then in 1810
the land was transferred to another new county, Coshocton. David &
James Douglass arrived about the same time and should have been
listed, but the Muskingum County 1806 tax list is incomplete, e.g.,
many 1806 residents are not listed.

The SPRATT family I am researching started in Rich Hill Tp.
Muskingum Co. as early or earlier than 1830. They lived in or near
Spratt, OH. They intermarried frequently with members of the CARIENS
family and used to have SPRATT/CARIENS reunions. I have several
pictures of these reunions in the 1940's.

Osburn and Eleanor Hollenback Hilleary were in
Muskingum Co., OH in 1817 when their son John was born. I believe
some of his siblings were born in the same county as well. Osburn
and Eleanor were also in Licking Co.

1800-1850
My great great grandparents married in Muskingum County Ohio, Sep
22, 1825 Philip Parker West from Accomack Virginia married Perlina
Roberts, b. 1807 in PA. He died in Iowa in 1836 leaving Perlina
(Pauline) with several children including Frances B, my great
grandmother, Ester who married a Long and lived next door to her
mother later, Alexander, Isaac, Lydia and Nancy.
Perlina later married Peter Majors and lived in Morgan County. Alexander
went to Iowa and claimed land there where his father was buried, in her elder
years Perlina joined him there.

Thomas Marshall McCall came to Union township, Muskingum County
between 1880-1900. Wife Jane "Jenny" A. (Morrison) McCall died in
Union township, in 1921. Tom is living in New Concord with daughter
and son-in-law Mary J. and Samuel I. Duff in 1930.

Legg in Muskingum county before 1833 when daughter Brittana Legg
married Samuel Presgrave. Samuel's parents George and Amy Fox Presgrave
in Zanesville in 1820; Washington township in 1840. Brittana's sister
Icy Legg married Elisha/Elijah Fox 1842 in Muskingum county and are in
Washington township in 1850 census.

The Shirers/Scheurers came to Madison Twp., Muskingum County around
1804 from Somerset Co., PA and prior from Berks Co., PA. The Gaumers
lived near them in Somerset and came about the same time settling in
Washington Twp.

The Adams, Werts, Hoff/Huffs and Fields were from Loudoun Co., VA.
George Adams came to Monroe Twp around 1807 and returned to VA during
the war only to later return with other families from Loudoun.

The Deckers and Reasoners came to Highland and Union twp around 1800
from Westmoreland Co., PA. The Deckers were previously from Orange Co.,
NY and the Reasoners from VA.

Mast/McCoy in Zanesville area by 1857; Abell in Putnam around 1855;
Switzer and Hupp in Zanesville 1900; Krofft, Moore, Stoneburner,
Wiseman and Wolf in East Fultonham area (Perry County border) by 1850.

"Thomas & Phebe Wilbur moved to Muskingum County in the 1820's with
Thomas' brother Ichabod and family. Children included John C., Julia
Ann, Clark, Enoch, Henry M., James D., Phoebe, and Ferdinand all born
between 1816 and 1837."